Tag Name "Hubris" (51)

I want you, he muttered. Get rid of him and take me. The only risk is losing someone you don't have anyway. He's not what you need, Ella. I am Unbelievable, I said in disgust. What's unbelievable? Your ego. It's surrounded by its own cloud of antimatter. You're a black hole of...of hubris!

What matters are those ordinary acts of kindness and of love, not vaulting ambition with its attendant hubris and smugness.

Scientists in general tend to have what I would call a bit of hubris that the public do not necessarily understand. So scientists some times make claims that are misunderstood by the public.